10/12/2019 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [12] Section 72. Punishable Acts and Applicable Penalties. - Any person who commits violation of any of the provisions of this Act, such as, but not limited to, unauthorized and/or unlawful intrusion upon any ancestral lands or domains as stated in Sec. 10, Chapter III, or shall commit any of the prohibited acts mentioned in Sections 21 and 24, Chapter V, Section 33, Chapter VI hereof, shall be punished in accordance with the customary laws of the ICCs/IPs concerned: Provided, That no such penalty shall be cruel, degrading or inhuman punishment: Provided, further, That neither shall the death penalty or excessive fines be imposed. This provision shall be without prejudice to the right of any ICCs/IPs to avail of the protection of existing laws. In which case, any person who violates any provision of this Act shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment of not less than nine (9) months but not more than twelve (12) years or a fine of not less than One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) nor more than Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000) or both such fine and imprisonment upon the discretion of the court. In addition, he shall be obliged to pay to the ICCs/IPs concerned whatever damage may have been suffered by the latter as a consequence of the unlawful act. [13] 597 Phil. 668 (2009). [14] 705 Phil. 103 (2013). [15] Spouses Atuel v. Sps. Valdez, 451 Phil. 631, 645 (2003). [16] Penned by Associate Justice Diosdado M. Peralta and concurred in by Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P. A. Sereno and Associate Justices Presbitero J. Velasco, Jr. (Concurring Opinion), Teresita J. Leonardo-De Castro, Arturo D. Brion (Separate Opinion), Lucas P. Bersamin, Martin S. Villarama, Jr., Jose Portugal Perez (Concurring Opinion), Jose Catral Mendoza, Bienvenido L. Reyes, Estela M. PerlasBernabe, Marvic M.V.F. Leonen (Separate Concurring), and Francis H. Jardeleza. Associate Justices Antonio T. Carpio and Mariano C. Del Castillo, on official leave. [17] Citations omitted. [18] Lim, et al. v. Hon. Gamosa, G.R. No. 193964, December 2, 2015. [19] Citations omitted and emphasis added. [20] Begnaen v. Spouses Caligtan, G.R. No. 189852, August 17, 2016. Penned by Chief Justice Sereno, with Associate Justices Leonardo-de Castro, Bersamin, Perlas-Bernabe and Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa, concurring. [21] Lim, et al. v. Han. Gamosa, supra note 18, and Begnaen v. Spouses Caligtan, supra note 20. Penned by Associate Justice Perez, with Chief Justice Sereno, and Associate Justices Leonardo-de Castro, Bersamin, Perlas-Bernabe, and Caguioa, concurring. elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/63044 24/32